Colorado

Residents of Colorado were encouraged to nominate people who show leadership and innovation in addressing any aspect of sustainability – economic, social and/or environmental. The selections are intentionally diverse – from major corporations to the grassroots efforts of a few concerned citizens – to emphasize the full collaborative scope of the sustainability movement.

The Colorado Supreme Court today tried to balance state authority against county powers to determine whether Summit County can ban a type of cyanide gold mining.

The court heard oral arguments in a case pitting the county against the Colorado Mining Association.

At issue is a countywide ban, issued under zoning regulations, on open-pit cyanide heap leach gold mining — which uses a cyanide solution to separate gold from rock.

Eco-Products will use a new $2 million investment to grow to $100 million in sales of its renewable products for the food-service industry.

This event draws thousands of people every year for a weekend of green education, community building, and inspiring speakers. For five bucks you can take your pick from over 50 workshops and learn about local food, sustainable agriculture and green living from hundreds of exhibitors.

The Fort Collins City Council will likely approve a resolution that underlines its opposition to the proposed Northern Integrated Supply Project.

The project includes the controversial Glade Reservoir, which would draw and store water from the Poudre River.

When bloggers arrive to cover the Democratic National Convention this August 25-28 in Denver, they will have, for the first time, a central location to capture the nonstop action: The Big Tent, a new media center created by local organizations, national blogs, Digg, Google and YouTube.

 A significant section of The Big Tent will be open to the public where the Digg Stage will present nationally known speakers and panels on global warming, the new energy economy and other hot topics during the day.

As a senator, McCain has long represented a state, Arizona, that would love to steal Colorado's water. But now, he wants our votes. Apparently, nobody bothered to brief the candidate who Paris Hilton called "that wrinkly, white-haired guy" that stealing Colorado's water to benefit Arizona, California and Nevada isn't as popular an idea in Colorado as it is in Arizona, California and Nevada.

A newly filed lawsuit accuses the Department of Energy of violating federal law during agency approval of uranium leases in the Uravan mining district in Montrose, Mesa and San Miguel counties.Durango-based Energy Minerals Law Center and Western Mining Action Project in Lyons sued DOE¹s Office of Legacy Management in Denver¹s U.S. District Court Thursday for failure to follow the National Environmental Policy Act in assessing the environmental impacts of nearly tripling uranium mining leases to over 27,000 acres of land.

The Alliance for Sustainable Colorado (www.sustainablecolorado.org) todayannounced they are accepting nominations for the Heroes of SustainabilityAward. The organization wants to recognize those in Colorado leading theway to a sustainable future. Residents of Colorado are encouraged tonominate people who show leadership and innovation in addressing anyaspect of sustainability -- economic, social and/or environmental. Thenomination deadline is August 15, 2008.

Crazy-but-true story of a nurse in Durango, Colorado who got sick from being exposed to chemicals from a drilling operation, and then the company wouldn't tell her doctors what chemicals they used! Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission needs letters telling them this is unacceptable!

It all depends on who you ask.

Boulder, Co becomes the first official transition town in the U.S.

Denmark-based Vestas Wind Systems (VWS:DC) had a big week. First, the world’s largest wind turbine manufacturer announced that they would be building a tower manufacturing plant in Colorado.

Duncan Prahl, Director of Research, IBACOS Inc., outlines the performance of several systems around the U.S. that use solar energy to produce household hot water.

A special conference called in Denver by Bill Gates, companies moving to CO. Is it simply irrational fear, or is it possible the Rockies will see rebirth as the country's cultural center as people flee the treacherous coasts? What if NYC, LA, the Bay, Seattle, DC and Florida are under water?? Brand new blog explores this and plans for the worst.

My favorite childhood toy, hands down, was Legos. Truth be told, if you put me in front of a box of Legos right now, I’d have a field day. The ability to mix and match any and all pieces to create something of beauty or function is a key part of modern design - I bet it all started with Legos for a lot of those folks as well. [wink]

Wildlife conservationists and the state renewed a decade-old feud Monday over a constitutional amendment banning fur trapping, debating whether animals could be caught in nonlethal traps and then killed.

In a downtown Denver courtroom far from the state's wilds, District Judge Larry Naves heard arguments about the intent of Amendment 14, which curbed lethal trapping in the state when it was approved by voters in 1996.